Psalms 139:18
Should I count, they are more than the sand. When I wake, I am still with you.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
In Context
17But how far, O God, beyond measure are your thoughts! How mighty their sum!
19Will you slay the wicked, O God? And remove from me the bloodthirsty,
Cross References
Psalms 3:5I laid down and slept: now I wake, for the Lord sustains me.
Psalms 17:15In my innocence I will see your face, awake I am filled with a vision of you.
Psalms 40:6In offerings bloody or bloodless you have no delight, but with open ears you have made me. Burnt-offering and offering for sin are not what you ask.
Psalms 63:6I call you to mind on my bed, and muse on you in the night watches;
1 Thessalonians 5:10that, whether we are still watching or have fallen asleep, we may live with him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:18-24
The Omniscience of God. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord , that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred:… Read the whole commentary →